Rhetoric+Unit+Overview

Knowledge and Skills:
 * American Orators and Speeches
 * Rhetorical Devices and Appeals
 * Relevant Historical Background
 * Significance of Speaker, Purpose, Audience and Medium
 * Rhetorical Devices Packet, Appeals Handout

Additional Unit Vocabulary:
 * Rhetoric
 * Mythos
 * Argumentation
 * Claim, Warrant, Support
 * Induction
 * Deduction
 * Logical Fallacy
 * Red Herring
 * Ad Hominem
 * Circular Reasoning
 * Begging the Question
 * Concession to the Opposition
 * Elevated Language
 * Generalization
 * Premise

Readings:
 * "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
 * "Women's Rights are Human Rights"
 * "from American Crisis"
 * "Sacred Soil"
 * "I Will Fight No More Forever"
 * "The Gettysburg Address"
 * "Ain't I a Woman?"
 * "After Being Convicted of Voting in the 1872 Election"
 * "I Have a Dream"
 * "Inaugural Address"- JFK
 * "The Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address"
 * "Addrss to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People"